British Academy: The UK's National Academy for the Humanities and Social Sciences

The Voluntary Sector in British Society

9.30	Registration and refreshments
10:00	Opening remarks: Matthew Hilton, NGOs in Britain project, University of Birmingham
10.10	Perspectives on the voluntary sector
11.10	Refreshments
11.30	Perspectives on the voluntary sector Speakers include: Pete Alcock, University of Birmingham Peter Grant, Cass Business School Wyn Grant, University of Warwick Peter Shapely, Bangor University Helen McCarthy, University of Cambridge
13:00	Lunch break
14.30	Roundtable discussion and response to the morning’s papers: Has there been a Golden Age of voluntarism? Panellists include: Virginia Berridge, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine John Clarke, Open University Nicholas Deakin Bernard Harris, University of Southampton Colin Rochester, Roehampton University
16:30	Closing remarks: Professor Pat Thane, Centre for Contemporary British History